Tobacco-pipe button.



WM macaw W. G. GRAY.

TOBACCO PIPE BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1913.

Pateflted May 26, 1m

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WILLIAM GARRETT GRAY, 0F EDDY'VILLE, KENTUCKY.

TOBACCO-PIPE BUTTON.

Specification of Letters IPatent.

Patented May 26, 1914.

Application filed May 29, 1913. Serial No. 770,640.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, W'ILLIAM GAnnn'r'r GRAY, citizen of the United States, residing at Eddyville, in the county of Lyon and State of Kentucky, have invented certam new and useful Improvements in Tobacco- Pipe Buttons, of which the following 1s a specification.

This invention relates to an improved tobacco pipe, and the primary object thereof is to provide an attachment which w ll effectively exclude the nicotin and moisture precipitated within the bowl, from the smokers mouth.

A further object of the invention contemplates the provision of a simple, cheap and eilicient pipe attachment in the nature of a removable button which will retain the nicotin and prevent its passing on into the mouth of the smoker, will act as a smoke circulating chamber or reservoir within which the smoke is temporarily distrained and allowed to cool, will prevent particles of bacco from clogging the stem, and which will itself be nonpoisonous, odorless, tasteless and non-combustible, and one which may be removed, cleaned and used repeatedly if desired.

The invention still further resides in the provision of a pipe button which may be removed at will, readily cleaned and quickly applied to pipes of various sizes, shapes and kinds.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in their preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claims whlch are appended hereto and form a part of th1s application.

In describing my invention in detall reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is an elevation of an ordinary pipe; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional vlew of the pipe bowl, with the attachment arranged therein, the pipe stem being partly broken away; and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the pipe button, partly broken away.

Before proceeding with the description of the drawings, I desire to call particular attention to the fact that while I have evolved my invention and have illustrated the same in connection with an ordinary straight stem corn cob pipe, the same may be readily utilized or employed in connection with any and all pipes of ordinary construction.

Referring now to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the bowl and 2 the stem the latter extending through the bowl as at 8 in spaced relation to the base thereof in the ordinary manner.

Absorbent material l of any suitable composition is arranged or disposed within the bowl 1, the stem 2 projecting thereinto so as to force or cause the smoke when drawn through the stem to pass through the said material, the latter absorbing the moisture usually precipitated within the bowl and preventing the same from entering the smokers mouth. Arranged over the absorbent material 4. is disposed a hollow convexoconvex button, designated in its entirety by the numeral 5, the upper convened surface of which is provided with. a centrally disposed opening 6 through which the smoke from the lighted tobacco is drawn into the chamber or reservoir formed by the hollow of the button. Other openings 7 are formed within the lower convexed surface of the button in spaced relation or out of alinement with the opening 6, the said openings 7 being preferably disposed near the edge or periphery of the button so as to produce a seat adapted to collect and distrain the nicotin of the smoke as it is circulated or drawn through the chamber formed by the said button. By disposing the openings 7 near the sides of the button 5 it will be seen that the smoke is forced, when drawn through the opening 6, against the inner concaved face of the button base where it is deflected toward the inner periphery of the button and out through the openings 7 formed therein, the nicotin being retained Within the reservoir or chamber while the smoke passes into the absorbent material t and out through the stem 2 in a purified condition.

The provision of the chamber or reservoir disposed as it is above the absorbent material 4 allows the smoke to circulate and become cooled before entering the said material, and conditions the same before reaching the mouth of the smoker so as to allow him to enjoy a cool, sweet smoke. The but ton being removable, the same may be easily withdrawn from the bowl and cleaned in any suitable manner and then replaced for further use without in any way afiecting the struction,

utility thereof. The openings 6 and 7 be-' ing disalined will prevent particles of tobacco from being drawn into the stem 2, the absorbent material l acting as a check for the said particles should the same be drawn through the openings 7.

It will be seen from the above, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings that p the button being composed of nonpoisonous and non-combustible,material the same may be used indefinitely and applied or employed in connection with pipes of va rious character; that the said button being of odorless and tasteless material, the pleas ure derived from the smoking of the pipe is in no way rendered less enjoyable; and that if desired a button slightly smaller than the inner periphery or wall of the bowl may be applied so as to create a draft equally upon all sides of the tobacco and through the center and cause the same to burn until entirely consumed.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanying drawings oomprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of my invention and that Various minor changes in the details of conproportion and arrangement of parts may be made within the scope of the appended claims and without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

1' aving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Paten is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a one piece hollow conveXo-conveX button for tobacco pipes, the top of said button having a central opening formeo therein, the bottom of said button having a plurality of openings formed therein out of alinement with said top opening and adjacent the button periphery, that portion of the convex bottom between the openings, forming a receptacle within which nicotin and moisture is distrained, the arrangement of the top opening causing the smoke to be deflected and circulated within the hollow button prior to its passage out through said bottom openings, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a tobacco pipe, the combination with a bowl, a stem in communication therewith, and absorbent material arranged within the bowl into which the said stem extends, of a hollow conveXo-conveX metallic button adapted to be arranged over the said material and within the said bowl, the said button having openings formed in the top thereof, said button being further provided with openings in the bottom thereof through which the smoke is drawn prior to its passage through the said material and out through the stem.

3. In a tobacco pipe, the combination with a bowl, a stem extending thereinto in spaced relation to the bottom of the bowl, and absorbent material arranged within the bowl into which the said stem extends, of a hollow one piece oonveXo-conveX metallic button arranged within said bowl over said material, the said button having an opening formed centrally within the top thereof, and a plurality of openings formed out of alinement with said central opening in the bottom thereof, the hollow of said button forming a reservoir into which the smoke is drawn and circulated prior to its passage through the material and into the stem.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM GARRETT GRAY. lVitnesses J. F. MCDONALD, Orrin HALL.

Goples of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

